Greg Davies Quotes

I always got my work done before playing.

I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.

It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So for me, I would always have an excuse, you know, to go - quit early, go to a museum, you know. So I do everything I can to make myself remember this is a job. I keep a schedule.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

If I let myself go, nothing will get done.

I start getting bored and misbehaving if I don't work hard. It's fine when you're younger - you go out a lot and muck around with your mates and drink and stuff - but I'm a bit over that now.

Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn't do nothing.

I procrastinate so much and I get distracted by anything.

Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.

I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself.

Successful people understand the value of time. Once they commit to doing something, they would never cancel.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.

I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.

I don't have a good work ethic. I have a real casual relationship with hours.

I just take on what I can commit to completely at that point in time, and that way you'll be able to give your best.

My criticism is too severe sometimes and that is not good. But why don't you start doing your work unless your leader flies into a rage? It is not that you cannot do it but that you don't want to do it.

The problem is I am both a procrastinator and a power junkie, so I am very frustrating to work with.

A New Year's resolution that I can never keep? To be able to make decisions.

I would step into a place of being lined up with a sense of purpose and my inner compass, and everything was going in the same direction. Then I'd get lazy and get off the track. And then things would start to fall apart, and I'd back up and get it together again.

I crave deadlines. If I don't have a deadline, I become a total slacker, which is why I always have so much on my plate.

I know when I make a decision, I'm increasing my own personal work day.

First off, you always gotta get your work done.

I used to delay doing stuff that I just didn't want to deal with - things like putting the garden hose away properly or doing the dishes right after dinner. Now I have this little voice in my head that says, 'I know you don't want to do this, but just do it anyway.' In other words, there's far less stuff that I put off until tomorrow.

I'm not a particularly disciplined person in terms of my work habits.